Thesaurus: grudge

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1. v. t. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.
2. v. t. To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
3. v. i. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
4. v. i. To feel compunction or grief.
5. n. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
6. n. Slight symptom of disease.
7. n. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
8. v. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
9. v. accept or admit unwillingly
10. 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects. Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. Shak. I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift. They have grudged us contribution. Shak. 2. To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak. 1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant. Grudge not one against another. James v. 9. He eats his meat without grudging. Shak. 2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher. 1. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel. Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and eumity against hie brother Jacob. South. The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor. 2. Slight symptom of disease. [Obs.] Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling againat the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton. Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique.
11. v:6/n:94 n. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation v. accept or admit unwillingly